Mikhail Kreindlin, Greenpeace Russia campaigner, extinguishes the fire with the aid of a backpack extinguisher. Read more. © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Forest after the fire. Mesherskiy national park, nearly 200 km from Moscow. Greenpeace Russia has deployed a team of 6 staff and 14 volunteers tracking fires in the field. The team is currently monitoring the situation between Moscow and the...

Mikhail Kreindli, Greenpeace Russia campaigner along with a volunteer, extinguishes the fire with the aid of a backpack extinguisher. Read more. © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Valentin, a Greenpeace volunteer extinguishes the fire with a hose. Read more. © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Fire in the forests of Mesherskiy national park, nearly 200 km from Moscow. Read more. © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Greenpeace volunteers extinguish fires with the aid of a backpack extinguisher. Read more. © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Action on climate change depends on politicians making the right decisions. Here, Greenpeace activists projected a message to Barack Obama reading ‘LEADERS ACT SAVE CLIMATE’ on a wall near the Moscow Kremlin while he was on a State visit to Russia.